Tag Archives: Curiosidades

Figures from the Welsh Assembly Government show a dramatic increase in recycling and composting in Wales, Minister for Environment, Planning and Countryside Carwyn Jones. The proportion of municipal waste being recycled or composted has risen from 12.7 per cent in 2002-03 to 17.6 per cent in 2003-04, excluding abandoned vehicles. …

Amendments to Germany‘‘s Packing Ordinance agreed by the Bundesrat, Upper Parliamentary Chamber, would change the basis for deposits on single-use beverage containers. The existing regulation, linked to quotas, is set to be replaced by deposits on all drinks sold in ‘‘environmental damaging‘‘ containers. Colleagues in the Environment Team, British Embassy …

The European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has published a useful report Inventory of existing information on recycling of selected material flows. The study was carried out in support of the preparation of the EU Thematic Strategy on the Prevention and Recycling of Waste. The Topic …

Farming bodies, suppliers, the waste management and recycling industries, the Environment Agency and Government joined forces last week to consider how to achieve the sustainable management of plastic waste from farms. In a conference organised by the Agricultural Waste Stakeholders‘‘ Forum at Regents College Conference Centre in London (14 October) …

New York City Mayor Bloomberg has received high marks from officials and activists for his 20-year garbage plan to get trucks off the roads, strengthen recycling and make each borough responsible for its own waste. The NY publication Queens Chronicle reports that although the executive summary of the plan was …

The European Environment Agency‘‘s Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows has provided a useful note on waste prevention which may interest you. The concept of response indicators may help us deal with the challenge of developing sound, valid and generally accepted indicators for waste prevention. Indicator has become a …

A Comissão Européia busca estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável A Comissão Européia (CE) lançou uma pesquisa de opinião sobre um projeto para desenvolver uma estratégia de desenvolvimento sustentável. O documento identifica algumas tendências importantes que ameaçam o desenvolvimento sustentável na UE e apresenta um conjunto de diretrizes políticas para diminuir esses …

Japão – Antiga loja de departamentos oferece reciclagem de roupa masculina A japonesa Takashimaya Co., uma das lojas de departamentos consagradas pelo tempo no Japão, expandiu sua campanha de reciclagem de roupas masculinas para três lojas na região de Kansai, inclusive em Osaka e Kioto, em junho de 2004. Japan …

Países Baixos – Governo decide continuar coleta seletiva de resíduos orgânicos Em consideração às recomendações do Conselho Consultivo de Resíduos (Afval Overleg Orgaan), o Secretário de Estado Van Geel, responsável pelas questões ambientais no VROM, o Ministério da Habitação, Planejamento Espacial e do Meio-Ambiente dos Países Baixos, decidiu que os …

Canadá – Contrato de joint venture com a Clean Energy para oportunidades de gaseificação de RSM no México A Clean Energy Combustion Systems Inc. anunciou a formação de uma Joint Venture com a EnEco Industries Ltd. de Vancouver para promover a venda ou licenciamento do sistema “CORE” – Controlled Oxidation …